The men were much more bered with the whole performance than they were on the first night, and they all curled up to sleep until the "all clear." As most of them are at work all day it 3s essential that they vet some sleep at night. Personally I slept quite well in the car—thougn it was a little cramped—and felt quite a noyed when I was waken up to go home. The trouble abou: going home at 230 am. is that one is not sure that one won't get called out again later on. If one goes home somewhere about dawn one can more or less assume that the enemy are off on their way back.
I cannot go far away from here now because it is necessary for am-balance people fo stand by day and night as far as possible. I have to do most of my library work at the moment by letter and phone. We are trying to evolve a system t" provide as much rest for people as possible, especially where the people have to work all day, hay making etc. Knights will sleep in the house three nights a week, so that with the other A.R.P. worker who sleeps here that means there are three of us of the unit on the spot. There are shell holes behind Sam Darling's house. The woman in Mrs. Tharp's lodge was slightly injured but the leaded windows stood the strain well None of the bombs seem to have been heavy ones or more damage would have been done, I assume that it was a trial trip.
Last night was a lovely night, wet and misty so we slept well.
It is again à most perfect day, the little swallows have hatched out and the mares and foals in the round paddock make a very happy scene. Hugo is sitting up in his pram and the nurse is shelling peas. Nicky has just come in on a bicycle from touring his outposts where they are cutting down hedges to make gun-sights, so it is all a most astounding combi-
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